Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-09
SOUTH AMERICAN YANKEE.
Characteristics in the Ch1llanO Whic
 are Similar to ssDoWn East.'

Characteristics in the ChillanO Which are Similar to ssDown East."
 From Harper's Magazine
 The Chillano is the Yankee of South America; the most active, enterprising, in genious and thrifty of the Spanish American race, aggressive, audacious and arrogant, quick to perceive, quick to resent, fierce in disposition, cold blooded and cruel as can- only strip of country along the Pacific coast, so narrow that there is scarcely room enough to write it's name upon the map, hemmed in on the one side by the eternal SHOWS that crown the Cordilleras and on the other by six thousand mites of sea. He has been stretching himself northward until he has stolen all the sea coast of Bolivia, with her valuable nitrate deposits, all the guano that belonged to Peru, and contemplates taking actual possession of both those re- publics soon. He has been reaching south ward by diplomacy, as he did northward by war, and under a recent treaty with the Arr genuine Republic divided Patagonia with that nation taking to himself the control of that valuable international highway, the Strait of Magellan. the unexplored country between the Andes and the ocean, and thou sands of islands along the Pacific coast, whose resources are unknown. By securing the strait Chili acquired control of steam navigation in the South Pacific, and has established colony and fortress at Punta Arenas, by which all vessels must pass. Reposing tranquilly now in the enjoyment of the newly acquired territory along the Bolivian and Peruvian border, and deriving an enormous revenue from the export tax upon nitrate, the Chilian contemplates the internal dissensions of Peru, and waits anx- iously for the time when he can step in as arbitrator, and, like the lawyer, take the estate that the heirs are silly enough to quarrel over. It is but question of years when not only Peru, but Bolivia will be- come @ part of Chili, and the aggressive
 nation will want to push her eastern boun-
 diary back of the Andes and secure control of the sources of the Amazon, as she has
 of the navigation af the strait.
 The Chillanos lead the southern conti-
 nent, and are the most powerful of all the
 republics in America except our own.
 Their statesmen are wise and able, their
 people are industrious and progressive, and
 have that strength of mind and muscle
 which is given only to the men of temper
 ate zones. There is a strong similarity bea
 tween the Chillanos and the Irish. Both
 have the wit and reckless courage,
 the same love of country and patriotic
 pride. Wherever 8 Chillano goes he car-
 ries his opinion that there never was and
 never can be better land than that in
 which he was born; and although he may
 be refuge or an exile, he will fight in
 defense of Chili at the drop of the hat.
 There is something refreshing in his patri-
 otism, even if it be the most arrogant van-
 ity. Our people are becoming ashamed of
 their Fourth of July, and the declaration
 of independence is the butt of professional
 iokers The Chillano will cut the throat of
 man who will not celebrate with him
 September 18th, his independence day, and
 there is law in the country requiring
 flagstaff to bear the national colors on ban
 ner by day and lantern by night on the an-
 niversaries of the republic. All the schools
 must use text books by native authors, all the
 bands play the compositions of native coInpo~
 sers, and visiting opera and concert singers are compelled to vary their performances by in-
 troducing the songs of the country. It is said that @ Frenchman can never be denational-
 ized. The same is true of the Chillano
 There has aot been a successful revolution in
 Chili since 1889, and although there is mo-
 where more unruly and discordant people, nowhere more murders and other serious
 crimes, in their love of country the naughty don and the patient peon, the hunted bandit
 and the cruel soldier, are one.
 As soldier the Chillano is brave to reck-
 1essness, and 8 sense of fear is unknown to him. He will not endure siege, nor can he
 be made to fight at long range; but as soon as he sees the enemy he hres one volley, dreps his gun and rushes in with his curvo.
 His endurance is as great as his courage, and
 no North American Indian can travel so far
 without rest or so long without food or water
 as the Chillano peon, or fRoto, ," as the mixed race is called. As the tsCholo" in Peru is the descendant of the Spsniards and the h.